# Senior Principal Engineer

Overview We are designing the grid of the future! EPE is looking to recruit a Principal Engineer with a background in EMT studies and model benchmarking, mainly focused on Large Load modelling to join our growing Energy Resources team. In this role you will work closely with senior leadership to support our growth strategy and provide subject matter expertise both internally through coaching and developing staff as well as externally to our clients. Responsibilities How you can make an impact: Perform EMT studies as well as model benchmarking studies in accordance with IEEE, ISO and Utility guidelines. Serve as a subject matter expert on EMT/RMS model benchmarking as it relates to Large Load and generator interconnection studies. Lead and perform advanced large-load power system modeling and dynamic impact studies to assess system performance and interconnection requirements. Serve as subject matter expert on modelling issues and model tuning specifically for EMT models. Passionate about solving difficult technical problems, providing innovative solutions and taking ownership of the solutions provided. Identify optimal strategy for project interconnection to the grid based on syste

- **Id**: 3726848
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/electric-power-engineers-senior-principal-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Austin, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T06:01:23Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T14:55:12Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 8
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4980
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- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Power Grid, Smart Grid, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 9364
- **Name**: Electric Power Engineers
- **Domain**: epeconsulting.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/electric-power-engineers>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: iCIMS

## Technologies

- **PSCAD** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **SQL** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 8

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country
- **Canada** — Iso: CA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T06:01:23Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 9 · green card filings: 4; Filings 12m: 9

## Liveness

- **Score**: 85
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 0.945
- **Age days**: 8
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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